While most brands offer popular flavors like Strawberry, Banana, and Mint, flavors like Tobacco, Cinnamon, and Coffee are harder to come by
Putting my Journalism skills to good use (on the ground) I started by going around to all of the bodegas in my neighborhood asking, how much for a pack of Marlboro reds? and worked my way to the Bronx and Harlem (Brooklyn is so big that it was daunting to cover that much ground, so I decided not to cross a river for this story, ruling out Staten Island too)
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DEMBY: Keith said the menthol cigarette was first developed way, way back in the 1920s
Affordability : A cost-effective option without compromising quality
No one expected that by the year 2000 L&M cigarettes would be in the top 5 in terms of sales in Europe and Asia, surpassing many brands